Alvear Quotes & Sayings

The basic premise/truth that I teach my clients is this: Your THOUGHTS create your FEELINGS - which create your ACTIONS - which create your RESULTS. Your results will always prove the original thought, whether you like it or not. So basically, if you believe that you will always be fat, you will feel fat, you will eat too much, and then you will gain weight proving your original thought. The — Brooke Castillo

I went into journalism in a grandiose way. I thought maybe I'd do a little journalism whilst I write the great novel of all time you see
one has to keep oneself afloat. — Neal Ascherson

Raistlin laughed until he thought he might have hurt something inside him. The laughter felt good. For a time, it banished the darkness. — Anonymous

How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no higher moral authoritative father-figure, no security, and no happy ever after. This is a tough sell. — Phil Plait

Love is wiser than wisdom. — Umberto Eco

I don't believe in pain killers. I expect to fix the source of the pain. — Honeysuckle Pear

I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach. — Lee Child

Don't pretend to ask for advice when you're looking for vindication. — Michael Alvear

When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to. We feel we're supposed to be better than we are in some way. But with this practice you take yourself completely as you are. Then ironically, taking in pain - breathing it in for yourself and all others in the same boat as you are heightens your awareness of exactly where you're stuck. — Pema Chodron

What caused the gods to fall upon my family like starved lions in a Roman arena? — Vicky Alvear Shecter

When we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them. — Jay Maisel

How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity. — Emily Dickinson

I especially treasured my glimpses of Mother, Queen Cleopatra VII. She sat on a golden throne, looking as resplendent as one of the giant marble statues guarding the tombs of the Old Ones. Diamonds twinkled in a jungle of black braids on her ceremonial wig. She wore a diadem with three rearing snakes and a golden broad collar, shining with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and emeralds, over her golden, form-fitting pleated gown. In one hand, she held a golden ankh of life, while the other clasped the striped crook and flail of her divine rulership. Her stillness radiated power, like a lioness pausing before the pounce. It left me breathless with awe. — Vicky Alvear Shecter

I know this sounds weird ... but it's like we're all a part of this machine. The things we've done - the things we still have to do - they're all connected. — Neal Shusterman

The extraordinary thing about inventing a persona is that one is loathe to give it up, especially if the fiction sits comfortably. — Gita Mehta

An alien landing would unify the world, just like in a science fiction movie. But "angels" had the potential to splinter humanity into a thousand sharp shards. — Laini Taylor

I've always found ways to bend the rules. — Michael Shanks

Beware Of Being Too Picky It's one thing to have standards. It's another thing to have a mile-long list of demands that make people think you're as easy and carefree to roll around with as a porcupine. — Mike Alvear

People of great power wield great power, but people of lesser power or people who have fallen out of power go to jail without adequate evidence, or their bodies are found in the trunks of cars. — Ratan Tata